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William Cleasby Milburn     1902-1982
William Cleasby was born 2 September 1902. After attending the Silksworth Infants School, he was enrolled at Silksworth Council Mixed School on 9 January 1911. He finished school on 30 August 1916, having attained the age of 14. He became a policeman in Rochdale, Lancashire. In 1932, at age 30, he married Dorothy Hill. After her death, he married Hilda Seddon.
Dorothy Hill                         1904-1951    (1st Wife)
Dorothy was born about 1904, the daughter of Robert Edward Hill and Harriette Fewtrell, in Rochdale, Lancashire. She died at age 46, in 1951.

It appears that they had no children.
William Cleasby Milburn

Birth
William Milburn b: 2 Sep 1902   Hill Street, Tunstall, County Durham
of Robert Milburn, and Elizabeth Milburn, formerly Davison
Dorothy Hill abt 1904           Rochdale         1904 1Q Rochdale 8e 31
daughter of Robert Edward Hill and Harriette Fewtrell

School Data
9 Jan 1911 Silksworth Council Mixed School Admission Register
William Milburn  b: 2 Sep 1902   Father: Robert Milburn, 11 Hill St.
Left School 30 Aug 1916, "14 years of age", Previous School Silksworth Infants

1911 Census RG14-291 3 April 1911 Rochdale, Lancashire
3 Abbott Street
Robert Edward Hill
Harriett (Wife)
Nellie
Norman
Ada
Eunice Annie
Dorothy
Age 46
Age 40
Age 19
Age 14
Age 13
Age 11
Age 7
Joiner

Roving Frame Tenter
Butcher
School
School
School
Rochdale
Munslow
Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
abt 1864
abt 1870
abt 1891
abt 1896
abt 1897
abt 1899
abt 1904

Marriage
1932
William Milburn
Dorothy Hill
Rochdale, Lancashire         1932 1Q Rochdale 8e 33

1939 Register Birth Date September 1939
10 Winifred Street, Rochdale, Lancashire
William Milburn (M)
Dorothy Milburn (M)
2 Sep 1902
(Unreadable)
Police Constable
District Nurse

Death
Dorothy (Hill) Milburn Died 26 Jan 1951, Age 46,   Rochdale         1951 1Q Rochdale 10f 634

MANCHESTER   17 Feb 1951                         Probate
MILBURN, Dorothy, of 128 Queensway, Rochdale (Wife of William Cleasby Milburn) who died 26 January 1951, Administration Manchester 17 February 1951 to the said William Cleasby Milburn, police constable.   Effects £120.



Hilda Seddon                        (2nd Wife)
After the death of his wife Dorothy, William returned to Horden, and in 1956, at age 54, married Hilda Seddon, a widow with three children. William died in 1983. William and Hilda had no children.

Birth
Hilda Seddon No Date

Marriage
1956
William Milburn
Hilda Seddon
1956 4Q Durham E. 1a 679

Hilda and William, with one of her children


Death
William Cleasby Milburn Died 1982, Age 80,    1982 4Q N. Cleveland 3 2704

Hilda (Seddon)Milburn No Date